Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF ANDY AFRICA by Stephen BuoroISBN 9781635577778 | on sale 4/18/23 Andrew Aziza is a fifteen-year-old boy living in Kontagora in Northern Nigeria. He lives with his secretive mother, Gloria, and spends his days […]
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Literary Fiction Spotlight (9/14/22)
Today’s literary fiction spotlight brings us female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community, and the story of a Hindu performer and a Muslim calligrapher falling in love during Partition. ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION BY BUSHRA REHMAN Available for download on Edelweiss know more. “Bushra Rehman’s novel, ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION, is […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (9/12/22)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WACO RISING: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias by Kevin CookISBN 9781250840523 | on sale 1/31/23 In 1993, David Koresh and a band of heavily armed evangelical Christians took on the might of […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (8/29/22)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: KANTIKA by Elizabeth GraverISBN 9781250869845 | on sale 4/18/23 A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, KANTIKA—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. […]
Author Spotlight: Therese Anne Fowler (8/25/22)
Bestselling author Therese Anne Fowler has captivated audiences with her powerful writing and complex character dynamics. Her newest novel, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS, follows three strong-minded sisters as they come together in the midst of their mother’s passing to mourn, reflect on their lives, and prepare their family’s summer cottage in Maine to […]
Literary Fiction Spotlight (8/9/22)
We’re looking at new and upcoming literary fiction with a novel about yearning for connection in a fractured world, a coming-of-age portrait of a young woman learning to trust her voice, and a debut that tells a timeless love story. MEET US BY THE ROARING SEA by Akil Kumarasamy “Kumarasamy’s gorgeous prose and quiet meditations […]
Sneak Peek: September 2022 Indie Next List
The September 2022 Indie Next list features 6 Macmillan titles! IF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan EscofferyISBN 9780374605988 | on sale 9/6/22 4 starred reviews! “A revelatory work, full of a young man’s questioning and told in a distinctive voice, this contemplation of identity, culture, and race in the United States today is highly recommended.”–Library Journal, starred review “A collection […]
Literary Fiction Spotlight (7/27/22)
This literary fiction spotlight brings us two coming-of-age novels, from a woman trying to succeed in a male-dominated Hollywood to a boy’s life-changing summer spent at his family’s estate in rural Pakistan. NSFW BY ISABEL KAPLAN “Kaplan peels back the curtain to examine the culture of a television network in this sharply observed, completely absorbing debut […]
Literary Fiction Spotlight (7/13/22)
Today’s literary fiction spotlight brings us an exploration of a marriage changed after one partner returns from a traumatic deep-sea mission, and a woman’s story as she unravels her family’s history spent in Guadaloupe and its diaspora. OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA BY JULIA ARMFIELD 2 starred reviews and an Indie Next pick! “Armfield follows her […]
Three Stars for WOMEN TALKING
Everyone’s talking about WOMEN TALKING! Miriam Toews’ incredible story of eight women in a remote Mennonite colony has received THREE starred reviews! “[A] sharp blade of a novel…. Toews’ eviscerating fictionalization of this incendiary reality focuses not on the violence but, rather, on the keen, subversive intelligence of the Mennonite women, their philosophical casts of […]